Hi Paul, In that case, use a template. Templates are just ERB, so you can run your security tool from within the template to get the header part of the file.
--Paul On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:41 AM, paul matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Thanks for the reply. Our set up here is slightly odd in that I need to run > a security tool which creates motd and then the puppet part adds a few more > lines with some extra variables. This is my first post to the group btw so > thanks for the reply. Being relatively new to puppet it so far seems a great > tool but does seem to be lacking a bit with file manipulation resources. I > did have a look at augeas but it seemed overly complex for what I was trying > to achieve. I'll use 'exec' as you suggested > > Thanks > Paul > > > > 2008/11/11 Paul Lathrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Paul, >> >> Besides "exec" there really isn't. However, it seems odd to me that >> you wouldn't just put those initial lines into your template. Why >> isn't that a reasonable solution? >> >> --Paul >> >> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:36 AM, paul matthews >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have a template file which I would like to append to an existing >> > file (in this case I wish to add a few lines to /etc/motd). Unless >> > I've missed it, it does not appear that file has an append option. Is >> > there an easy way copy to the end of a file >> > >> > Thanks >> > Paul >> > >> > > >> > >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
